Freshman Year
In my Honors Geometry class, we had an assignment in which we had to construct a "critter", then measure its volume and surface area. The way I approached this task was to create a 3D model render of the "critter" I planned to build, giving me a good idea of how to progress with the project. This is a STEM assignment because it uses technology to render the "critter" and it is using math to find the volume and area.
In Honors Biology, we had an assignment in which we had to use different amounts of items, put them in a spreadsheet, and from that determine how those items would interact inside a Punnett square. I chose drinks as my item, and used Excel to create my spreadsheet and graph. The purpose of the assignment was to allow students to better understand genetics by using everyday items.
My pathway class is the class that helps prepare me for my college major, and it is called Introduction to Digital Technology. In this class we use a platform called CodeHS to write and edit various programs and learn to code. One particular assignment had the class create a drawing app, which called for programming skills and a fair amount of math. Fundamentally we had to have circles appear when we dragged the mouse across the screen, but these circles had to be a size and color specified by the user, which is where the math came in. The purpose of this assignment was to teach us more about coding, but it also taught us how to solve problems when the answers weren't put directly in front of us.
